Bilge-water-pumping device.



H. W. STROUT.

BILGE WATER PUMPING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 31, 1913.

Patented May 26, 1914.

W! TNESSES: a

A TTORNEY WASHINGTON. D c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY WING-ATE STROUT, OF HAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS.

BILGE-WATER-PUMPING DEVICE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY WV. S'rRoU'r,

the current of air produced either by the motion of the boat or by thewind to keep the bilge water pumped from the boat.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device as mentionedwhich shall be automatically set in operation by the accumulation ofwater in the boat and automatically stopped when the water has beenremoved.

A further object of my invention is'to provide a mounting for the devicewhereby the same may be readily adjusted to a proper vertical positionirrespective of the slant of the deck or part to which it is secured.

A further object of my invention is to pro vide a device of the classunder consideration which shall be ornamental when applied to thefiboatand which shall also serve as a flag sta Other objects will appearhereinafter.

With these objects in view my invention consists generally in a baseadapted to be secured to the boat, a standard mounted thereon, a pump atthe lower end of said standard, a wind mill at the upper end thereof anda connection between the wind mill and the pump.

My invention further consists in a device characterized as above statedequipped with a brake mechanism for the wind mill, a float and aconnection between the float and the brake whereby the operation of thewind mill is controlled by the rise or fall of water within the boat.

My invention further consists in a device as stated furthercharacterized by an adjustable connection between the base and thestandard whereby the latter may be secured in vertical positionirrespective of the inclination of the portion of the boat to which thebase is secured.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 31, 1913.

Patented May 26, 1914:.

Serial No. 757,882.

My invention further consists in various details of construction andarrangements of parts all as will be fully described hereinafter andparticularly pointed out in the claims.

My invention will be more readily understood by reference to theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in whichFigure 1 is a side elevation partially in section of a bilge waterpumping mechanism embodying my invention in its preferred form andillustrating the same in position on a small boat, a portion of thelatter being illustrated diagrammatically, Fig. 2 is a detail view, andFig. 3 is a side elevation of a modified form of the device.

Referring now to the drawings 1 indicates a portion of the hull of aboat and 2 the deck thereof at or adjacent the bow, at which point Iprefer to arrange my improved device. Secured to the deck 2 is a basecasting 3 formed with a clamp socket 4;.

5 indicates a standard. This is preferably formed of a length of brasstubing and is provided intermediate its ends with an enlarged ballportion 6 fitting within the socket 4c of the base casting 3. It isobvious that by this construction the standard may be arranged invertical position irrespective of the slant or inclination of the base.The standard 5 extends below the base 3 and is provided at the lower endwith a pump 7 preferably of the double ball type as shown but it isobvious that any suitable pump may be employed in the combination. Thepump is provided with a flexible discharge pipe 8.

Secured to the upper end of the standard 5 is a casting 9 provided withbearings 10 for a horizontal shaft 11 upon one end of which is mountedthe wind mill vanes 12.

Arranged within the standard 5 is the pump rod 13 provided at its upperend with a transversely enlarged portion 14 formed with a horizontalslot 15, and the inner end However, if the boat is traveling at an angleto the wind the device may be shifted so that the wind mill may face thecurrent of air, the ball and socket connect-ion between the base andstandard permitting of such adjustment. It should be understood thatsuch adjustment is seldom necessary.

In order that the wind mill and pump shall operate only when there iswater to be pumped, I provide a suitable brake mechanism.

17 indicates a disk fixed to the shaft 11 and pivoted upon the casting 9as a lever 18 provided with a brake shoe 19 adapted to engage theperiphery of the disk 17. The lever 18 is connected by a rod 20 to alever 21 pivotally connected at one end to the pump 7 or adjacentthereto and provided at the other end with a float 22. Any accumulationof Water in the boat will raise the float 22 and release the brake 19and when the float and arm 21 drop to normal position the brake isapplied to the wind mill. If preferred an annular float 23 may beprovided surrounding the cylinder of the pump 7 as shown clearly in Fig.3 and this connected by the rod 20 to the brake shoe 19.

2st indicates a block secured to the casting 9 for flag halyards 25 anda cleat 26 is formed upon the base 3 to secure the halyards.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. In a device of the class described, a base adapted to be secured to aboat, a tubular standard, a ball and socket connection between said baseand said standard, a pump at the lower end of said standard, a Wind millat the upper end of said standard and a rod connecting said mill andsaid pump, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the class described, a base provided with a clampsocket, a tubular standard provided intermediate its ends with a ballarranged within said socket a pump on the lower end of said standard, awind mill at the upper end thereof, a pump rod in said standard andconnecting said pump and said mill, brake mechanism for said wind mill,a float adjacent said pump and a rod connecting said brake and saidfloat, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

HARRY WINGATE STROU T.

Witnesses:

IV. SCOTT PETERS, CRYSTAL I. PARSONS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

